DeepSeekVerified Active: September 18, 2026

DeepSeek V4-ProAPI Pricing & Specifications

State-of-the-art open reasoning model offering frontier math, code, and agent performance.

📊 Core Specifications & Pricing Rates

Standard Input
$0.43 / 1M tokens
Standard Output
$0.87 / 1M tokens
Cached Input
$0.0036 / 1M tokens
Context Window
1M (1,000,000 tokens)
Max Output Tokens
384,000 tokens
Supported Capabilities:✗ Vision✓ Function Calling / Tools✓ JSON Mode✓ Deep Reasoning

Live Workload Cost Estimator: DeepSeek V4-Pro

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Interactive Simulation
Estimated 60% repeated context
Estimated Total Monthly Cost
$15.31/ month
$0.00061 per API request(Saves $9.71/mo with caching)
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💡 Estimated Monthly Workload Scenarios

Massive Long-Context Codebase Indexing

$278.40/mo

20,000 full-repository queries (30,000 input, 1,000 output)

20,000 requests • 30000 in / 1000 out

⚖️ Head-to-Head Competitor Comparisons

DeepSeek V4-Pro vs. Claude Sonnet 5

DeepSeek V4-Pro rivals Sonnet 5 on code reasoning while being nearly 7x cheaper on input and 17x cheaper on output.

6.9x cheaper input, 17x cheaper outputView Claude Sonnet 5

📜 Historical Price Changes & Updates

2026-08-10
DeepSeek V4-Pro launched with 1M context, 384K output tokens, and disruptive $0.435/$0.87 pricing.

🔗 Verified Primary Sources

All pricing, token limits, and capabilities are cross-checked against official provider documentation and live API endpoints.

DeepSeek Official API Pricing